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The internal armed conflict in Colombia - Coggle Diagram
The internal armed conflict in Colombia
Origin:
Not universally agreed
The period of violent rivalry between traditional (liberal and conservative) political parties in the 1940s and 50s
Earnest during the 1960s when the first Marxist guerilla movements were formed.
Actor involver.
Time
State security forces: army and police
Guerrilla movements
Paramilitary groups
Criminal gangs: (notably drugs, weapons, and persons)
Opposition between different people
FARC
Formally founded in 1966
Prompted by the events of 1964
Precedent of guerilla movements: Movement of April 19th (M-19) and Popular Liberation Army (EPL)
Is not the sole rebel group in Colombia: The National Liberation Army (ELN) is another example
Paramilitary Forces:
Drug trafficking gangs
So-called “self-defence”
Grew: trafficking operations, extorting civilian populations
The police, the army, and the political establishment collaborated with paramilitary groups
Created by governmental decree in 1965
Armed groups of civilians
The Justice and Peace Law was adopted in 2005 under former President Alvaro Uribe’s framework of paramilitary demobilisation.
Repercussions
Rural areas are the most affected
The death of over 200,000 people, of which 80% were civilians.
Human rights violations
Regional disparity
Civilian population: vulnerability and force them to search for refuge elsewhere.
Colombia has the highest number of refugees of any Latin American country